Arab Non-believers and Freethinkers on YouTube: Re-Negotiating Intellectual and Social Boundaries

This article uses the increasing visibility of Arab non-believers in the virtual public sphere as an opportunity to re-examine the key issues and dividing lines between believers, sceptics, and non-believers in Arab societies. It analyzes the currently four most popular Arabic-language YouTube chann...

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Main Author: Elsässer, Sebastian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Freethinkers
B nonbelievers
B Atheism
B Social media
B Egypt
B Arab World
B Syria
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